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06-24-2009, 06:04 PM
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I'm borrowing a BassBalls... My GOD. MY GOD! Why was I not informed? I mean, I've seen them around here and things, but HOW FUNKY IS THIS THING? I thought my Spector sounded funky without it to tell you the truth, but MAN this thing is amazing. It almost sounds snarly... It's just... wow.
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Originally Posted by JimmyM  If my life ever gets so boring that I ever worry about what bass someone else owns and what they do with it, I beg of you, please shoot me in the base of the skull. | |
06-24-2009, 06:20 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Crown Point, IN | | Yeah, it's a wild one for sure! I have never had any luck recording with it, and it is usually not on my regular pedalboard...although sometimes I'm not sure why?...but sometimes I bust it out live on special occasions for certain special parts of songs and it definately gets EVERYBODY'S attention, including the band! 
I ALWAYS get loads of compliments on it!
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06-24-2009, 06:22 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: The Berkshires, Ma | | | It's pretty cool isn't it? I think it's a bit of a one trick pony in that it takes over your sound completely and pretty much always sounds the same compared with say a Q-tron which is more flexible and capable of more subtlety. I wish there were more simple down sweep filters out there. |
06-24-2009, 06:30 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: self banned from talkbass.... | | | Bassballs is a great filter, and can not only be funky but can be used for some cool synth type sounds when mixed with other FX like octave, fuzz and phase, for starters. I got a lot of milage out of my Sovtek/EHX Bigmuff, Bassballs and smallstone for many years. |
06-24-2009, 06:34 PM
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Originally Posted by tigerbass Yeah, it's a wild one for sure! I have never had any luck recording with it, and it is usually not on my regular pedalboard...although sometimes I'm not sure why?...but sometimes I bust it out live on special occasions for certain special parts of songs and it definately gets EVERYBODY'S attention, including the band!
I ALWAYS get loads of compliments on it! | It's a really amazing thing! Quote:
Originally Posted by Swift713 It's pretty cool isn't it? I think it's a bit of a one trick pony in that it takes over your sound completely and pretty much always sounds the same compared with say a Q-tron which is more flexible and capable of more subtlety. I wish there were more simple down sweep filters out there. | I'm looking into getting a Q-tron actually. I just got $300 in insurance from GC and might buy one with it.
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Originally Posted by JimmyM If my life ever gets so boring that I ever worry about what bass someone else owns and what they do with it, I beg of you, please shoot me in the base of the skull. | |
06-24-2009, 06:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Mudfuzz Bassballs is a great filter, and can not only be funky but can be used for some cool synth type sounds when mixed with other FX like octave, fuzz and phase, for starters. I got a lot of milage out of my Sovtek/EHX Bigmuff, Bassballs and smallstone for many years. | No! I can feel it starting 
I crave more!
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Originally Posted by JimmyM If my life ever gets so boring that I ever worry about what bass someone else owns and what they do with it, I beg of you, please shoot me in the base of the skull. | |
06-24-2009, 06:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Cyber Soda m looking into getting a Q-tron actually. I just got $300 in insurance from GC and might buy one with it. | If you can play one first I recommend it, just to see how it responds to your bass, it is a great filter and very different then the bassballs, more wet, slurrp and quacky then the bassballs's vowlyness. |
06-24-2009, 06:53 PM
|  | Lookout! Here comes the Fuzz! Moderator | | Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Columbia, MO | | | Nothing wrong with the thread, I fixed the title though. |
06-24-2009, 06:57 PM
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Originally Posted by grygrx Nothing wrong with the thread, I fixed the title though. | lol. That'll do. Thank you.
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Originally Posted by JimmyM If my life ever gets so boring that I ever worry about what bass someone else owns and what they do with it, I beg of you, please shoot me in the base of the skull. | |
06-24-2009, 06:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Mudfuzz If you can play one first I recommend it, just to see how it responds to your bass, it is a great filter and very different then the bassballs, more wet, slurrp and quacky then the bassballs's vowlyness. | I don't know whether to be turned on or disgusted.
Sounds pretty tough
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06-24-2009, 07:09 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Crown Point, IN | | | I just picked up an old used Q-Tron here on TB and I friggin LOVE it!
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06-24-2009, 07:10 PM
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Originally Posted by tigerbass I just picked up an old used Q-Tron here on TB and I friggin LOVE it! | Did you? Have you taken it out anywhere yet or is it that recent of a purchase?
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Originally Posted by JimmyM If my life ever gets so boring that I ever worry about what bass someone else owns and what they do with it, I beg of you, please shoot me in the base of the skull. | |
06-24-2009, 07:26 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Crown Point, IN | | Not yet, it is still new to me, but I have an audition tomorrow and I am bringing it. And the Q-Tron too! 
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06-24-2009, 07:28 PM
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Originally Posted by tigerbass Not yet, it is still new to me, but I have an audition tomorrow and I am bringing it. And the Q-Tron too! | lol, good luck! What're you auditioning for exactly?
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06-24-2009, 07:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Cyber Soda I don't know whether to be turned on or disgusted.
Sounds pretty tough | ^ will understand more of this with more filter usage, readage and ownage |
06-24-2009, 07:39 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: York, UK | | Try running the Bassballs after synthy pedals or pedal combos, esp. the Bass Micro Synth, turns it into a growly monster it's ace. That's basically my "bass solo tone" now. 
WIsh I could find more pedals like it - small form factor, unique and useful sounds. |
06-24-2009, 07:40 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Crown Point, IN | | | Actually an old guitar player of mine and I are hooking up with a drummer and singer/rhythm guitar/songwriter to see if we can gel on some originals together. So I'll be bringing some pedals and stuff and see what I can add/create.
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06-24-2009, 07:41 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Swift713 It's pretty cool isn't it? I think it's a bit of a one trick pony in that it takes over your sound completely and pretty much always sounds the same compared with say a Q-tron which is more flexible and capable of more subtlety. I wish there were more simple down sweep filters out there. | Get the internal trimpots changed to knobs on the outside - then it give you a LOT more room to wiggle!
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06-24-2009, 07:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Mudfuzz ^ will understand more of this with more filter usage, readage and ownage | Explain "quacky" and if this gets into anything too kinky... pm is nice. Quote:
Originally Posted by kevteop Try running the Bassballs after synthy pedals or pedal combos, esp. the Bass Micro Synth, turns it into a growly monster it's ace. That's basically my "bass solo tone" now.
WIsh I could find more pedals like it - small form factor, unique and useful sounds. | I have none I'm just now getting into effects really. Maybe that would explain the excitement behind the Bass Balls, but the most experience is what I've heard and tested. I own literally one pedal, unless my friend decides to part with the Bass Balls too.
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Originally Posted by JimmyM If my life ever gets so boring that I ever worry about what bass someone else owns and what they do with it, I beg of you, please shoot me in the base of the skull. | |
06-24-2009, 07:44 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Crown Point, IN | | Quote:
Originally Posted by kevteop Try running the Bassballs after synthy pedals or pedal combos, esp. the Bass Micro Synth, turns it into a growly monster it's ace. That's basically my "bass solo tone" now.
WIsh I could find more pedals like it - small form factor, unique and useful sounds. | That is my "special occasion tone" I was referring to earlier also!
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